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The late Edward Barnby Collection of Chinese Banknotes

Collection Information

This collection was sold on 30 September 2010.

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Lot 2976, 30 Sep 10

Empire, Ch’ing Dynasty, Five Hundred Cash, 1857 (Pick A1e). Tiny hole in top margin, otherwise extremely fine £120-150

Lot 2976, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £410

Lot 2977, 30 Sep 10

Empire, Ch’ing Dynasty, One Thousand Cash, 1857 (Pick A2e). Tiny hole in top margin, otherwise extremely fine £120-150

Lot 2977, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £680

Lot 2978, 30 Sep 10

Empire, Ch’ing Dynasty, Five Thousand Cash, 1858 (Pick A5c). A couple of tiny holes in top margin and light staining, otherwise good very fine £150-200

Lot 2978, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £1,800

Lot 2979, 30 Sep 10

Empire, Imperial Chinese Railways, One Dollar, 2 January 1899, no. 84503 (Pick A59). Edge nicks, a small hole at centre and a few tiny holes on creases, otherwise very good to fine £80-100

Lot 2979, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £270

Lot 2980, 30 Sep 10

Empire, The Ta-Ching Government Bank, One Dollar (2), both 1 June 1907, Hankow, D 1529, E 83839 (Pick A66a, A66r) [2]. First issued, very good, second unissued, good fine to very fine £150-200

Lot 2980, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £650

Lot 2981, 30 Sep 10

Empire, The Ta-Ching Government Bank, One Dollar, 1 September 1906, Wuhu, provisional issue, no. 39629 (Pick A75E). Lightly pressed, otherwise good fine, scarce £800-1,000

Lot 2981, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £9,000

Lot 2982, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Agricultural Bank of the Four Provinces, One Yuan, 1933, B 071842 (Pick 87a); The Agricultural and Industrial Bank of China, Ten Cents, 1 February 1927, One Yuan, Five Yuan, both 1932 (Pick A92a, A109a) [4]. Very good £60-80

Lot 2982, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £210

Lot 2983, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of China, Ten Dollars, 1 June 1912, Canton, F 168991 (Pick 27b). Very fine £120-150

Lot 2983, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £880

Lot 2984, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of China, Five Dollars, 1913, no. 373523, provisional issue on issue of the Provincial Bank of Kwangtung (Pick 29). Good very fine £90-120

Lot 2984, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £400

Lot 2985, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of China, One Dollar, 1 June 1913, L 443984 (Pick 30e). Fine £60-80

Lot 2985, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £130

Lot 2986, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of China, Ten Cents, September 1918, Shanghai/Harbin, B 464808 (Pick 48b). Good very fine to extremely fine £40-60

Sold for £40

Lot 2987, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of China, One Yuan (6), all September 1918, Hankow, Shanghai/Peking, Shanghai (4) (Pick 51g, 51l, 51m) [6]. Two Shanghai very fine, others in varied state £60-80

Lot 2987, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £300

Lot 2988, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of China, One Yuan, September 1918, Lintsing/Shantung, no. 505769 (cf. Pick 51 [Lintsing not recorded]). Good fine to very fine £120-150

Lot 2988, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £410

Lot 2989, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of China, Ten Yuan (2), both September 1918, Shantung, A 226146, Tsingtau/Shantung, A 024169 (Pick 53n, 53s) [2]. First with pinholes and small hole on right side, otherwise good fine, second with a 10mm tear in left edge and paper scrapes on back, otherwise very good £80-100

Sold for £260

Lot 2990, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of China, Five Yuan, 1919, Harbin, Manchuria, with signatures, no serial number (Pick 59r). Extremely fine £60-80

Lot 2990, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £330

Lot 2991, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of China, Ten Yuan, 1924, Shanghai; Five Yuan (4), all 1926, Shanghai; Five Dollars, October 1930, Amoy; One Yuan, February 1934, Shantung (Pick 62, 66a, 66b, 68, 71) [7]. Two 5 Yuan good very fine, others in varied state £60-80

Lot 2991, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £90

Lot 2992, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of Communications, One Hundred Cents, 1 September 1912, Yingkow, no. 1131083 (Pick 103c). Repairs and some restoration, otherwise good to very good £80-100

Lot 2992, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £350

Lot 2993, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of Communications, Ten Cents, 1 July 1925, Wei Hai Wei; Twenty Cents, 1927, Tsingtau; One Yuan, 1935; Five Yuan (5), 1 October 1914, Shanghai, 1 November 1927, Tsingtau/Shantung, 1935 (3); Ten Yuan (2), 1914, Shanghai, 1941; Twenty-Five Yuan, 1941; Fifty Yuan, 1941, Chungking; One Hundred Yuan (3), 1 October 1914, Chungking, 1941, 1942 (Pick 117n, 118p, 120a, 138d, 143e, 146Ce, 153, 154a, 159a, 160, 161a, 162b, 165) [15]. Generally...

Lot 2993, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £290

Lot 2994, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of Communications, Five Yuan, 1 July 1924, Shanghai, no. 073363 (Pick 135b). Very fine to good very fine £80-100

Lot 2994, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £500

Lot 2995, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Bank of Territorial Development, One Dollar, 1 December 1914, Changchun, no. 0182785, payable in subsidiary silver coins (Pick 566a). Two short tears in top edge, otherwise very good £60-80

Lot 2995, 30 Sep 10

Unsold

Lot 2996, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Central Bank of China, miscellaneous issues (60), all 1923-49, including Ten Coppers and Twenty Coppers, both 1928, Five Hundred Customs Gold Units, 1947, Ten Thousand Customs Gold Units (5), all 1948, Five Hundred Gold Yuan, 1949, Ten Silver Dollars (2), both 1949 (Pick 167b, 168b, 334, 363, 410, 447b) [60]. Varied state, some duplication £100-150

Lot 2996, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £250

Lot 2997, 30 Sep 10

Republic, Central Bank of China, One Standard Dollar (2), Fukien, Hankow; Five Standard Dollars, Hankow; Ten Standard Dollars, Hankow, all 1926 (Pick 182b, 182c, 183c, 184) [4]. First about uncirculated, others in varied state, third with staple hole at top left £200-250

Lot 2997, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £950

Lot 2998, 30 Sep 10

Republic, The China Silk & Tea Industrial Bank, One Yuan, 15 August 1925, Paoting, no. 0451137 (cf. Pick A120A). Good very fine £120-150

Lot 2998, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £620

Lot 2999, 30 Sep 10

Republic, The China & South Sea Bank Ltd, One Yuan, 1 October 1921, Shanghai, AM 950131 (Pick A121b). Good £40-60

Lot 2999, 30 Sep 10

Sold for £30

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